LIVE: Shenzhou-11 Mission Coverage - October/November, 2016

• #540 by Star One on 19 Oct, 2016 05:54
• What satellite system are they using for such lengthy communications?
• #541 by Phillip Clark on 19 Oct, 2016 06:31
• Quote from: Star One on 19 Oct, 2016 05:54

  What satellite system are they using for such lengthy communications?
  

  
  Tianlian.
• #542 by ืnewsman on 19 Oct, 2016 06:56
• Live: Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong-2 space lab from Shenzhou-11 spacecraft
  
  
• #543 by eeergo on 19 Oct, 2016 08:24
• Quote from: Ollopa11 on 18 Oct, 2016 22:24

  How are they maintaining such continuous TV?  They are over the South Atlantic,  but still two video feeds.
  

  
  Plus (apart from Tianlian) possibly these for at least the Pacific.

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• #544 by zubenelgenubi on 19 Oct, 2016 21:17
• Quote from: Infinitesky on 18 Oct, 2016 19:51

  Quote from: Satori on 18 Oct, 2016 19:39

  As far as I remember, CCTV is using this music for the Chinese manned space missions.
  

  
  Positive Outlook by Diavid Hoffner.
  They use this music for all of the space launch with great significance.
  (Lunar Exploration Project, Manned spaceflight, launch of new generation rocket etc.)
  

  This theme was reminding me of some other piece of music.
  
  I finally figured it out--it reminds me of the "MST3000 Love Theme" played for the end credits of "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
  
  
• #545 by JimO on 20 Oct, 2016 02:46
• Anybody see any signs of EVA suits?
• #546 by ZachS09 on 20 Oct, 2016 03:20
• No Feitians or Orlans yet.
• #547 by sdsds on 20 Oct, 2016 07:14
• Quote from: JimO on 20 Oct, 2016 02:46

  Anybody see any signs of EVA suits?
  

  
  No planned EVAs, right? Are you thinking of contingency scenarios?
• #548 by Satori on 20 Oct, 2016 12:20
• Silkworm experiments commence on Tiangong-2.
  
  Spotlight: Astronaut reveals life in space.
  
  Astronaut's space diary describes work schedule as 'pretty tight'.
• #549 by eeergo on 20 Oct, 2016 18:00
• From Xinhua's tweet https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/788969244859834368 , Haipeng playing with a free silkworm:

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• #550 by eeergo on 21 Oct, 2016 09:59
• Here's the "ergometer" that actually looks more like some rollers with a cinch-down mechanism. You can see in the video it's not really super to exercise on 
  
  
  

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• #551 by JimO on 21 Oct, 2016 14:37
• Quote from: sdsds on 20 Oct, 2016 07:14

  Quote from: JimO on 20 Oct, 2016 02:46

  Anybody see any signs of EVA suits?
  

  
  No planned EVAs, right? Are you thinking of contingency scenarios?
  

  
  Just thinking about mission options. One suit probably weighs as much as the crew's entire food supply so it may have been too high a price to pay.
• #552 by Lewis007 on 22 Oct, 2016 06:30
• The docked Shenzhou-Tiangong combination as seen from Earth.
  Source: http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=130204&PHPSESSID=e7clhu3h42muhpsa6rdac4adv1
  

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• #553 by Satori on 22 Oct, 2016 11:48
• Astronaut's first diary from space: forget all about rice and noodle after they are heated.
  
  Space Journal: Entry 2 -- I haven't seen aliens, or got space sickness.
• #554 by Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Oct, 2016 08:30
• The BX-2 satellite attached to TG-2 was released yesterday 23:31 UTC: http://news.xinhuanet.com/2016-10/23/c_1119770212.htm
• #555 by Galactic Penguin SST on 24 Oct, 2016 03:56
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 23 Oct, 2016 08:30

  The BX-2 satellite attached to TG-2 was released yesterday 23:31 UTC: http://news.xinhuanet.com/2016-10/23/c_1119770212.htm
  

  
  So far only a blurry photo has been released (via a CCTV news report):

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• #556 by lucspace on 24 Oct, 2016 07:47
• Some more here:
  Reports are that the satellite will orbit close to the SZ-11/TG-2 complex towards the end of October and make hi-res close-up images.
• #557 by Phillip Clark on 24 Oct, 2016 07:55
• When I checked a couple of hours ago there were no TLEs for BX 2.
• #558 by satwatcher on 24 Oct, 2016 11:04
• Quote from: Phillip Clark on 24 Oct, 2016 07:55

  When I checked a couple of hours ago there were no TLEs for BX 2.
  

  
  They are online now:
  41765    376km x    387km x  42.79deg    92.18min  Tiangong-2
  41834    376km x    386km x  42.79deg    92.18min  BX-2
  
• #559 by Satori on 24 Oct, 2016 11:18
• Today is Jing Haipeng's 50th birthday! Happy birthday!!!!!